JANUARY 23, 2012
RONDA'S CORNER
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Please sign up for the Book Repair Workshop. We need 12 individual libraries to get this workshop - ask the public libraries in your school district!!!!!
MARY ANN'S MEANDERINGS
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TWO PROFESSIONAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES




ONLINE TIMELINE
This is on the AASL "best" list: http://www.dipity.com/



WHAT DOES GRAPHIC NOVEL MEAN TO YOU?

A graphic novel has a beginning, middle and end story structure as opposed to the comic book, which does not follow this structure.* A fictional story (the NOVEL part) told in the graphic format — similar to the format of comics* A bound comic book* A work where illustrations and/or cells tell most of the story with limited use of text* Anything that is more than just a series of comic books (the person who sent me this readily admitted that this definition is problematic b/c graphic can refer to non-fiction as well as fiction and NOVEL implies fiction)* A novel that uses images to convey action, scene and tone while maintaining written dialogue and internal monologues* A set of collected comic books or a stand alone story that has a spine or is glued together like a book* Long form comic book


GoAnimate tutorial!

Library tour ~ http://goanimate.com/movie/0OMmJTf7q8xY/1
Lesson Gallery ~ http://goanimate4schools.com/public_animations